As you can tell, I've been on break from blogging my vegan creations. We were in the process of moving for a long time, and I just made up recipes from whatever ingredients we were trying to use up. But now we're set up in a new house, and soon I'll have time to try and blog some new recipes. We hope to grow some of our own veggies and herbs. We have a few existing green bell pepper plants in the yard, and we started composting, which I think is really fun.
We've been wanting tor try our own veggie or bean burgers. I think they are pretty simple. There's a whole cookbook about making vegan burgers. Here's one recipe I found on the Savvy Vegetarian website:
Ingredients:
- 2 cups cooked black beans
- 1/2 cup quick oats
- 1 Tbsp cooking oil
- 2 - 4 cloves garlic minced (depends how much you like garlic)
- 1/2 cup red onion, chopped fine
- 1/2 cup green or red pepper, chopped fine
- 1 large stalk celery, chopped fine
- 2 tsp cumin
- 2 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp dry ginger
- 1/4 tsp cayenne or chipotle pepper
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2 Tbsp tahini
- 1 Tbsp soy sauce or Braggs Liquid Aminos
- 1 1/2 cup dry bread crumbs (4 slices dry whole wheat bread crumbled into tiny pieces (hint: blender or food processor works great)
Directions:
- Heat oil in a frying pan on medium low
- Sauté garlic & onion in oil until soft
- Add the celery & pepper, fry until softened and most of the liquid has evaporated
- Mix in the herbs & spices and heat through
- Mixing By Hand:
- Puree half the beans with a pastry blender or potato masher - or a fork
- Place all ingredients in a large bowl and mash together with a pastry blender or your hands
- Mix in tahini and/or liquid seasoning as needed for the mixture to hold together well
- Add more breadcrumbs if the mixture seems too sticky
- Mixing in a Food Processor:
- Process all the ingredients except tahini and liquid seasoning until the mixture forms a loose ball. There should be recognizable bits of veggies and beans
- Turn mixture out into a bowl. Mix in tahini and/or liquid seasoning as needed for the mixture to hold together well
- Add more breadcrumbs if the mixture seems too sticky
- Form the burger mixture into 10 equal sized balls, then flatten into patties 3 - 4 inches across
- Cook on medium heat until brown, approx. 10 min per side
- Fantastic with a little brown mustard, horseradish and sweet pickle